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"When I came to Russia in 1958, I could see that the Russia I had been reading about was still alive."
An interview with Dr. James H. Billington
Dr. James H. Billington, the distinguished scholar and Librarian of Congress, recently visited the Moscow Sretensky Monastery. We asked Dr. Billington about how he came to love Russia, about Christianity in America, and about his impressions of the Sretensky Monastery Choir and the book, Everyday Saints and Other Stories. -
Invisible Ascetics of the Bukovina Mountains
Part 1. Climbing Giumalau Mountains
The tradition of eremitic life in Romania has never been interrupted: it is still alive, and monks continue to struggle in gorges and precipices. -
Celebrating Thirty Years of Sretensky Monastery
A Photo Gallery
We present this chronological photo collection from the monastery's first days of rebuilding and renewal under the leadership of Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov), to the present day. -
Super Jump—a Jump into the Abyss
Priest Tarasiy Borozenets
“Super Jump” is not just a commercial pyramid selling a dubious method of personal success, but a networked neo-pagan sect with its own doctrine and cult practice. -
A “Mission Possible” to the Ancestors of the Magi: Orthodox Kurds and Other Iranian Peoples
Hieromonk Madai (Maamdi)
Today there are thousands of Christian Kurds and hundreds of Iranians who have converted to Orthodoxy on their own. It was from these new converts that the initiative to establish a mission began. -
Australia. Convent. Repentance
Abbess Maria (Miros)
Mother Maria was born in Australia and obtained a degree in medicine. But feeling a special call from God, she became a nun. We talked about the convent, choosing the monastic path, and repentance. -
Orthodoxy in India: Missionary Activity
Priest Clement Nehamaiyah (Nehemiah)
Indian culture appreciates deeds more than words, so preaching unsupported by deeds in India will not bear fruit and will not attract people’s hearts that way silent deeds can. -
The Church of Christ Cannot be Closed or Cancelled
Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye
What options do the clergy and laity of our Church have after its ban? -
Ioan David, the Shepherd of God
Cristian Curte
All his life, brother Ioan was neither a priest nor a monk, but a simple shepherd.
Oksana Golovko
8/2/2020
Why Is the Bier of the Mother of God Called a Throne?
We Analyze the Iconography of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos with the Iconographer Anatoly Alyoshin
“Modern iconographers must carefully preserve the legacy of their great predecessors”
A talk with the iconographer Maria Glebova. Part 2
“When Designing the icon of a New Martyr, I ask the advice of his children and parishioners”
A talk with the iconographer Maria Glebova. Part 1
Holy Shrines Shine with Beauty Despite Pain and Desecration
On the exhibition, “Shrines of Serbia—Those Destroyed and Those Under Construction”
Pascha in Summer, and the Art of Fresco Painting
A Conversation with Anatoly Aleshin, Iconographer. Part 2
Theology of the Icon, and Recognizing Saints
A conversation with Anatoly Aleshin, iconographer. Part 1
The Church of Christ the Savior of Chora Monastery (Kahriye Cami) Has Become a Mosque Again. Why Is It Important to All Christians?
New material
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VIDEO: Our Orthodox Life is Union and Communion with the Living God-Man, Jesus
A Homily for the Second Sunday of Great Lent
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The Life and Blessing of Elder Iliy
Part 2. Mount Athos
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A Word on Prayer
St. Gregory of Shlisselburg
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The Life and Blessing of Elder Iliy
Part 1. Childhood, war, and a strategic find
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On the Kingdom of God
St. Gabriel of Imereti
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“I saw my Guardian Angel”
A true story
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The Happiness of the World Is Built Within the Human Soul
For the feast of St. Nikolai (Velimirovic) of Zica
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Elder Schema-Archimandrite Iliy (Nozdrin) of Optina Has Reposed in the Lord
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Dwelling In Prayer
Fr. James Guirguis
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Being a Christian
From the Homilies of St. Gabriel of Imereti
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